N.Y. Times-best-selling writer, author of three novels, columnist for The Ring magazine. His work has also appeared in Columbia Journalism Review, Utne Reader, The Nation, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Washington Post, other journals. Major influences: Dostoyevsky, Heller, L.A., Chicago, Daffy Duck. Informative biography can be found in the Columbia Journalism Review article at http://www.coliserv.net/swm/goldman-caste.html